Gas meter



A. LUTZ GAS METER March 1, 1932.

Filed July 371M115;- Mm Jim/k @W Patented Friar. 1 1932 p UNITED STATESrATENr OFFICE,

ANTON LUTZ, or srU'rr A'nT, GERMANY GAS METER Application filed July 9,1928, Serial No. 29.1,156, and in Germany July-13, 1927.

My invention relates to gas meters and more particularly to means forconnecting gas meters to gas mains. It is an object of my invention toprovide a connection which can be readily adapted to any given positionof such mains. To this end-I provide fittings on a base plate and meansfor varying the position of the fittings with respect to the.

plate by turning themabout an axis.

Gas meters are as a rule mounted on, a rigid connecting or foundationplate on which fittings are provided for connecting the gas meter to the,gas main. Hitherto the fittings were secured to the base plate ininvariable position so that it was necessary to provide bends or otherconnections if the fittings did not suit the position of the gas mainsto which the gas meter was to be connected.

This drawback is overcome according to my invention in which theposition of the fittings on the base plate are so arranged as to beadapted to the gas main. A base plate on which the fittings have beenarranged in the desired position is always ready for securing thereto agas meter if the former gas meter has been removed or exchanged, andthey will not exert any stress on the gas meter as they have been fixedbeforehand in the proper position. Nor is the weight of the gas metertransmitted onto the gas main but is carried by the fittings on thebaseplate, and consequently by the plate itself.

In the drawings affixed to this specification and forming part thereofmy invention is i1- lustrated diagrammatically by way of example asadapted to a vertical and a horizontal gas meter.

In the drawings Fig. 1 is an elevation of a verticalgas meter,

Fig. 2 is an elevation of its base plate, with one of the fittings inposition,

Fig. 3 is an elevation of a fitting, having flanges at either end,

' Fig. 4 is an elevation of a fitting having a.

thread at one end, and a flange at the other, Fig. 5 is a plan view ofthe threaded fit; ting, .j

Fig. 6 is a plan view of a horizontal gas metery. f .Referring first toFigs. 1-5, A is a vertical gas meter, a'is its foundation plate, 5 andbtare fittings. on this plate, 6 is a bend, connecting the upper fittingI) with the upper end. of thegas ineterand b is a similar con nectionfor, the fitting Z), but providedwith a. cock, anda handle bf. r

Eaclifittinglb and 6) isequipped with two conn-ections at right angles,one of these connections, at the threaded end 9, (Fig. 4) being arrangedcoaxially with respectto the fitting, the other one, (the pipe-JL at thefitting b or the pipe 5 lat the fitting 6) extending at right" anglestothe axis for connection with the main (not shown) -Each fitting isprovided with a flange k for connecting it to the base plate and withaflange (Fig. 3) or a thread 9 (Figs. 4 and 5) for connecting it tothemeter A. The flange fmay be provided with holes, not shown, in theusual manner for attaching thereto a corresponding flange on theconnections or pipes 22 or 6 but in the examples illustrated the pipesand b have been shown as connected to the fittings b by means of thethreads g, Figs. 4 and 5, and cap nuts. The flange 75 is provided withany desired number of holes Z for the reception of screws, andcorresponding sets of holes 6 are provided in the base plate a incircular arrangement. In the arrangement shown in the drawings'fourholes e are provided, so that the fittings may be arranged for threedifferent positions of the connection it or i and consequently may befitted to mains arranged as indicated by the arrows in Fig. 2.

The arrows indicate the positions of the pipes h or 2'. It will appearthat the fittings may be fixed either with the pipes in and i pointingto the right, as shown for the pipe h in Fig. W

1, or to the left, or to the ends of the plate a. They might also befixed in a fourth position, with the pipes pointing to the centre. ofthe plate a, but this is impracticable asin this 5 position the ends ofthe pipes 11, it would come so close to the meter A that connectionscould not be arranged. Obviously any number of holes may be provided inone set, or two or more sets as proposed may be provided in the baseplate, as indicated at e in Fig. 2-.

Preferably the fittings Z), I) are provided with a central pin 0 belowthe flange k which is inserted in a hole 01' or cl of the plate a.

Referring now to Fig. 6, the arrangement 5 of the fittings b, b is thesame as described with reference to the previous figures, but in thiscase the gas meter A is fixed on its :base v plate a in horizontalposition.

I wish it to be understood that I do not desire to be limited to theexact details of construction shown and described for obviousmodifications will occur to a person skilled in the art.

I claim 1. A support for a gas meter, comprising a plate, a fittinghaving means for con-necting it with said meter and a gas main, and aflange on said fitting having holes adapting it to be secured to saidplate, said plate having a set of holes adapted to register with theholes in said flange in various "positions of said fitting with respect:to said plate, and means adapted to be inserted through the registeringholes for holdingthe fitting to the plate.

'2. A support for a gas metercomprisin-g a plate adapted to be securedto a wall or other structure, two fittings on said plate, means forconnecting'said fittings to said 40 plate in various positions about anaxis extending transversely to said plate, and means on said fittingsfor connecting them to said meter and tea gas main.

I-n testimony-whereof I aifix my signature.

ANTON LUTZ.

